Transition to skilled birth attendance: is there a future role for trained traditional birth attendants?

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Published in J Health Popul Nutr on December 01, 2006

Authors

Lynn M Sibley1, Theresa Ann Sipe

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Research on Maternal and Newborn Survival, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road, Suite 436, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. lsibley@emory.edu

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